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A Life-Course Perspective on Older Workers in Workplaces Undergoing Transformative Digitalization
1Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
The Gerontologist
|December 12, 2022
Summary
Digitalization presents older workers with upskilling or early retirement choices. The life-course perspective reveals how these choices impact work-life balance, retirement timing, and social inequalities.
Area of Science:
- Sociology
- Gerontology
- Economics
Background:
- Workplace digitalization is accelerating, creating a critical juncture for older individuals.
- This digital transformation necessitates choices between acquiring new skills or opting for early retirement.
- These decisions have significant implications for individual financial well-being, workforce dynamics, and pension system sustainability.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the application of the life-course perspective in understanding the experiences of older workers in digitalizing workplaces.
- To analyze how transformative digitalization affects older workers' life events, work-life balance, and career trajectories.
- To examine the influence of digitalization on retirement patterns and potential social inequalities.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual analysis using the life-course perspective.
- Examination of existing literature on digitalization, aging, and work.
- Framework development for future empirical research.
Main Results:
- Digitalization alters the impact of life events on older workers and their work-life balance capabilities.
- Transformative digitalization restructures life-course trajectories, influencing retirement age and duration of life phases.
- Variations in digitalization's effects across different cohorts and countries highlight the principle of time and place anchoring.
Conclusions:
- The life-course perspective provides a valuable framework for analyzing the multifaceted effects of workplace digitalization on older workers.
- Digitalization reshapes older workers' career paths and retirement decisions, potentially exacerbating social inequalities.
- This study offers guidance for future research on older workers navigating digital transformations.
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